TY  - BOOK
ED  - Friedrich, Bretislav
ED  - Schmidt-Böcking, Horst
AB  - This Open Access book gives a comprehensive account of both the history and current achievements of molecular beam research. In 1919, Otto Stern launched the revolutionary molecular beam technique. This technique made it possible to send atoms and molecules with well-defined momentum through vacuum and to measure with high accuracy the deflections they underwent when acted upon by transversal forces. These measurements revealed unforeseen quantum properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules that became the basis for our current understanding of quantum matter. This volume shows that many key areas of modern physics and chemistry owe their beginnings to the seminal molecular beam work of Otto Stern and his school. Written by internationally recognized experts, the contributions in this volume will help experienced researchers and incoming graduate students alike to keep abreast of current developments in molecular beam research as well as to appreciate the history and evolution of this powerful method and the knowledge it reveals.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-63963-1
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210714_9783030639631_10
KW  - Quantum Physics
KW  - Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra
KW  - Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
KW  - History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
KW  - Physics, general
KW  - Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties
KW  - History of Physics and Astronomy
KW  - Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
KW  - Physics and Astronomy
KW  - Open Access
KW  - Molecular Beam History
KW  - Precision Measurements
KW  - Femto- and Atto-science
KW  - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
KW  - Droplet Beams
KW  - Molecular Beam Applications
KW  - Matter Wave Interferometry
KW  - Ultracold Atoms
KW  - Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory)
KW  - Nuclear physics
KW  - Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
KW  - History of science
KW  - Physics
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/7e12add9-3256-4a0e-b1ad-759e8aafe43c/978-3-030-63963-1.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50021
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2021
SN  - 9783030639631
TI  - Molecular Beams in Physics and Chemistry : From Otto Stern's Pioneering Exploits to Present-Day Feats
ER  - 
